| A | B |
|---|
| The villian or evil character | antagonist |
| The life lesson or moral | theme |
| the action and conflict reaches a high point | climax |
| a fictional story with technology that is not yet possible | science fiction |
| the order in which events in a story happen | chronological order |
| the feelings associated with a piece of literature | mood |
| hints or clues provided by the author | foreshadowing |
| a traditional story about the workings of the world | myth |
| a growing feeling of tension within a written piece | suspense |
| a conversation that interrupts the flow of a story and happened before the story began | flashback |
| comparing two things using like or as | simile |
| the main character or hero | protagonist |
| the series of events that make up a story | plot |
| giving human qualities to an animal, object or idea | personification |
| the perspective from which a story is told | point of view |
